Friday, September 3, 2010

The smell of fall is in the air

Or wait, maybe that's au de toilet toilette BUCK.


"WHO, ME????" Andy says.



Actually, it's both (depending on where you are on the property).

The smell of fall is definitely in the air this morning. It's one of those mornings when you walk out in summer clothes expecting summer temps and there's a breeze blowing cool enough air that it gives you goosebumps. What, never experienced that? Okay, well, take my word for it.

The trees are still green, grass is still green and lovely but the evenings are cool and the season is winding down. That's for sure.

The goats, oh my the goats. If the weather doesn't prove the season is winding down, count on the goats to convince you for sure. We have 4 pens within the pasture. Two of them are used by 3 of our bucks. The pen we use is separated into two smaller pens, as I have explained before, and both of those smaller pens are opened for the bucks to commingle. Each pen has a smaller walk through gate and then a larger gate of about 12 foot.

This morning I was out feeding and one of those huge 12 foot wide gates is damn near bent in half! Course, they are those cheap aluminum stock gates which I hate, but good Lord! Someone, not to mention any names ahemPrinceCharmingahem, is leaning up against it on his side. The girls are leaning up against it on their side and it's being bent back and forth. It's not much longer longed for this world. Jeremiah could weld it but I think I'll ban it to the scrap heap.

It's Grandparent's Day at the kid's school. Rachel has some special thing going on at 10:30. It may just be where Grandparents get to come in and have lunch with their student. Drew and I will attend. Rachel's a bit sad but she understands. At least someone can attend thought. Ironically, they are serving chicken and noodles which she said are as good as Great Grandma's but the mashed potatoes aren't so hot. I wonder what she thinks of the gravy ::wink wink::.


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